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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Caerphilly County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,072 approved · 1,578 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Unit 23 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HZ
Received 18 Oct 2021122 Van Road Caerphilly CF83 1LD
Received 18 Oct 202138 High Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GG
Received 18 Oct 202110 Bryn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PG
Received 18 Oct 20214 Griffiths Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AW
Received 18 Oct 202124 Bryn Yr Ysgol Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2BY
Received 18 Oct 2021Land Adjacent To 31 Thomasville Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2RE
Received 18 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 314944 190088 School Street East Ul Llanbradach
Received 19 Oct 202142 Bryn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QB
Received 19 Oct 202194 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PN
Received 19 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 315198 191091 Wingfield Crescent East Lane Llanbradach
Received 19 Oct 2021Mount Pleasant Penmaen Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DN
Received 20 Oct 2021Land At Ty Isaf Farm Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AP
Received 20 Oct 2021Golygfa'r-cwm School Lane Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LX
Received 21 Oct 202140 Pantycelyn Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7BL
Received 21 Oct 202153 Sir Ivor Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JL
Received 15 Oct 202140 Waungoch Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LL
Received 21 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 321173 189114 Commercial Road Machen
Received 21 Oct 2021B + Q Plc Unit 4 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 21 Oct 20211 Beech Close Caerphilly CF83 1SF
Received 21 Oct 2021Unit 11 (Lawrence Court) Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DW
Received 15 Oct 2021Technical Centre William Street Gilfach
Received 14 Oct 2021Unit 27 Commercial Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6NF
Received 21 Oct 20215 Twyn College Cottages Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3NS
Received 21 Oct 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Caerphilly County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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